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Buttercup

Shire of Wiluna

Buttercup is a gold exploration project in the Shire of Wiluna, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1996 and 1999, most recently Arimco Mining Pty Ltd in 1999. Of those, 3 declare a resource.

Reports
7
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
4yrs
1996 to 1999, 27 years ago
Main target
Gold
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Buttercup in the Shire of Wiluna
Ground extent8.2 × 31 km
Report areas mapped2

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Buttercup, most active first.

Arimco Mining Pty Ltd 6Whim Creek Consolidated Nl 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 42 live and pending tenements sit over the Buttercup ground, held under 11 names.

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Exploration record on Buttercup

Local government
Shire of Wiluna
Commodities targeted
Gold 7
Work on record
Rotary drilling 5 · Mineral resource estimate 3 · RC drilling 3 · Geological mapping 2 · Laterite sampling 2 · Computer modelling 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Mine planning 1
Resource declared
Yes, in 3 reports: A59391 (1999), A59349 (1999), A56501 (1998)
Report types
Annual 5 · Partial Surrender 2

Exploration reports

7 WAMEX reports filed over Buttercup.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A59391 1999 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd Annual Report, E53/422, 4 August 1998 to 3 August 1999, Buttercup Project
A59349 1999 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd Annual Report, M53/716, 8 September 1998 to 7 September 1999, Buttercup Project, Arimco Mining Pty Ltd
A56605 1998 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd Buttercup Bore Joint Venture - Exploration Licence:53/422 04/08/93 - 24/04/98
A56501 1998 Whim Creek Consolidated Nl Annual report for E53/422. Buttercup Bore Joint Venture. 05/08/97-04/08/98.
A52400 1997 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd 1997 Annual Report, E53/422 Buttercup Joint Venture 5th August 1996 to 4th August 1997
A49048 1996 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd Buttercup Project, Partial Surrender Report for Exploration Licence 53/422, Buttercup Joint Venture, August 19
A49049 Arimco Mining Pty Ltd 1996 Annual report Buttercup Joint Venture (E53/422) 5th August 1995 to 4th August 1996

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What does the exploration record say about Buttercup?

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